Book-keeper s chair or stool



(No Model.)

' G. B. EDWARDS.

BOOK KEEPERS CHAIR 0R STOOL,

No. 307,850, Patented Nov. 11, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrroe.

GEORGE BARKSDALE EDIVARDS, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BOOK-KEEPERS CHAIR OR STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,850, dated November11, 1884.

Application filed February 14, 1894. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Charleston and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Keepers Chairs or Stools, of which the followingis aspecitication,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its objects to provide certain means whereby ahook-keeper or aceountant having large books to control or attend to, ora number of small books arranged upon a desk of considerable length, canattend to such books without unseating himself, and thus avoid thefatigue of frequent movement and the loss of time attendant thereon.These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents a rear elevation illus- 1 ratingmy invention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertieal section of the same; andFig. 3 represents a detached sectional view of a portion of the devicein detail.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a frame of any suitablematerial, having legs B and supporting two longitudinal rails, O, whichare rabbeted longitudinally, as indicated by the letter D, as plainlyshown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. At the front of the frame issecured a longitudinal foot-rest or step, E, for the purpose more fullyhereinafter explained.

The letter F indicates a chair of any suitable description, which setsupon front and rear standards, G. The said standards are bifurcated, asindicated. One member, of the standards is longer than the other, and isbent at right angles at its lower end, as indicated by the letter h,Figs. 2 and 3. Between the members of the bifurcated standards aremounted grooved rollers H, which are adapted to set and travel upon theconvex rails I, secured to the upper rabbets of the rails when the chairis in place upon the frame. \Vhen in such positiou,the bent portions hextend into the lower rabbets of the rails, so as to hold the chairsecurely to the same.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood in connectionwith the above description. andis as follows: The chair being mountedupon the rails, as above described, the frame is placed in front of thedesk at a convenient distance therefrom. The oecupant being seated in itas in an ordinary chair, when he has occasion to shift .his positionalong the front of the desk, it is only necessary to move the chair inthe proper direction on the rails by pushing upon the foot-board or stepat one side of the rails with his feet.

Thus it will be seen that he can occupy any position in front of thedesk without leaving the chair.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, ist r The combination of the supporting-frame,provided with rails rabbeted substantially as shown, with thechair-frame having bifurcated supportingstandards constructed with endsbent to engage the rails, and the wheels pivoted in said standards,whereby the chair is adapted to ride freely on the rails and is heldfrom displacement, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE BARKSDALE EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

F. J. CROGHAN, A. H. HONOUR.

